Research Article

Spread of Misinformation in Social Networks: Analysis Based on Weibo Tweets

Table 3

Diffusion characteristics of true information and misinformation.

RetweetsFavoritesComments
TMTMTM

Mean923.782138.09648.23521.28386.97540.36
Std. deviation2706.1016299.0911961.2692308.8741061.1632261.956
Maximum8177610368240873488892627538103
Minimum30880000
Skewness17.0227.9138.71610.58110.75111.033
Kurtosis421.23486.120113.224153.908188.846145.921

T value−9.75016.139−1.816

Note. , T denotes true information, and M denotes misinformation.